Edgewater Park Township
Municipality · Burlington County
35 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Edgewater Park Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $68,531.
As a municipality in Burlington County, Edgewater Park Township falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 35 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County.
About municipalities in New Jersey
New Jersey has 564 municipalities, and each one decides for itself whether to operate under Title 11A. A municipality that adopts civil service hires and promotes employees through competitive exams administered by the state; one that hasn't sets its own local hiring rules instead.
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Who is on the pension rolls at Edgewater Park Township
35 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Edgewater Park Township. That is a count of active memberships reported by the employer, not a payroll headcount: anyone not enrolled in one of these funds does not appear in this data at all, and no separate headcount for a New Jersey local employer is published anywhere we can check against.
| Fund | Name | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 19 | 54% |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 16 | 46% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 19 police officers. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Edgewater Park Township actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Edgewater Park Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Edgewater Park Township reports a pensionable salary above $68,531 and half below, across 35 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $47,310 |
| 25th percentile | $55,412 |
| Median | $68,531 |
| 75th percentile | $111,109 |
| 90th percentile | $124,773 |
The range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile because the extremes are not informative: the lowest reported figures belong to part-time and partial-year members, whose credited salary is a fraction of a full-time equivalent.
Among the 26 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 50th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $69,265. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 35th percentile.
These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. Snapshot of March 31, 2026. How we compile this.
How long people stay at Edgewater Park Township
The median enrolled member at Edgewater Park Township has 9 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 7.1 and 19.7 years. 23% have passed twenty years, which matters locally because retirement eligibility and the pension formula both turn on service credit.
| Credited service | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | 6 | 17% |
| 5 to 10 years | 14 | 40% |
| 10 to 15 years | 5 | 14% |
| 15 to 20 years | 2 | 6% |
| 20 to 25 years | 3 | 9% |
| 25 years or more | 5 | 14% |
Membership tier records which pension rules a member was hired under, so the mix is a rough picture of how recently a workforce turned over. At Edgewater Park Township, 29% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 10 | 29% |
| Tier 3 | 15 | 43% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 10 | 29% |
Other public employers in Edgewater Park Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Edgewater Park Township. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| EDGEWATER PARK TWP BD OF ED | 146 |
| EDGEWATER PARK TOWNSHIP (this page) | 35 |
| EDGEWATER PARK SEWERAGE AUTH | 2 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Edgewater Park Township
In a municipality that operates under Title 11A, the mayor, administrator or governing body still decides which positions exist and who gets appointed to them. What changes is the route in. Most permanent positions have to be filled from a list of candidates who took and passed an open competitive examination.
That flips the usual job hunt around. For a competitive title you announce yourself by filing for the exam when it is posted, not by dropping a resume at the municipal building. Municipal employers also run the widest mix of titles in this directory: police and fire, public works and sanitation, code enforcement and construction inspection, tax collection, clerical support, recreation, and dispatch.
A permanent appointment starts with a working test period. You hold the title, you draw the salary, and you can still be released for unsatisfactory performance without the full removal process. Permanent status, and the job protection that comes with it, begins only once that period is completed satisfactorily.
Not every position at a civil service employer is competitive. The classified service is divided into competitive, noncompetitive and labor titles, and above that sits the unclassified service, which covers department heads, confidential aides and similar positions filled without an examination. Which division a title sits in decides how you get it, so read the specification before assuming there is an exam.
Civil service employers in Edgewater Park Township
Edgewater Park Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Edgewater Park Township body is listed separately: Edgewater Park Fire District (1), a fire district. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the township, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Edgewater Park Fire District (1), fire district
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipalities
Real classifications that New Jersey municipalities draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
Civil service coverage across Burlington County
Burlington County holds 35 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 17 municipalities, 9 fire districts, 4 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, and 1 housing authority.
17 of the county's 40 municipalities are among them.
Burlington County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Willingboro Township, Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority, Beverly, Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Bordentown Township Fire Districts (2), Burlington City, Burlington City Housing Authority. See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Edgewater Park Township
Is Edgewater Park Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Edgewater Park Township appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does civil service status at Edgewater Park Township cover the rest of Edgewater Park Township?
No. Edgewater Park Township has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
Do veterans get a preference on these lists?
Yes, and in New Jersey it is unusually strong. On an open competitive list, disabled veterans who pass are ranked ahead of all other candidates, and other veterans who pass are ranked ahead of non-veterans, regardless of score. Preference has to be claimed and verified in advance, and it does not carry over to promotional examinations.
How many Edgewater Park Township employees are in a State pension system?
35 active memberships are reported through Edgewater Park Township, split across 19 in PFRS and 16 in PERS. This counts pension enrolment rather than payroll, so employees who are not in one of these funds are not included.
What is the median pensionable salary at Edgewater Park Township?
$68,531, with the middle half of members between $55,412 and $111,109. These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. It excludes overtime and most supplemental pay, and it is before tax, before the member's own pension contribution and before health premiums.
How does pay at Edgewater Park Township compare with the rest of Burlington County?
Its median pensionable salary of $68,531 sits at the 50th percentile among the 26 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $69,265. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Edgewater Park Township?
The median enrolled member has 9 years of credited service, and 23% have passed twenty years. Credited service drives both retirement eligibility and the pension formula, so a long-tenured workforce usually means fewer open competitive appointments in the near term.